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Æ20 - Antoninus Pius ΑΙΓΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aegium (Achaea) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, the emperor portrayed with characteristic short beard and laurel wreath. The Greek imperial titulature is arranged around the periphery of the flan. The portrait exhibits the conventional Roman provincial style typical of Achaean civic coinage of the mid-second century AD. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Aegium was one of the most historically significant cities of the Achaean League — it served as the league's regular meeting place before Roman dissolution of the confederation in 146 BC. By the time Antoninus Pius issued provincial bronzes bearing the city's ethnic, Aegium had been folded into the Roman province of Achaea for nearly three centuries, its civic coinage functioning largely as a local token economy alongside imperial silver.
The BCD collection reference IV.1#4612 places this among a thinly documented series; relatively few dies are known for Aegium under Antoninus Pius.